* Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character
@ 2009-09-17 12:57 Nordlöw
2009-09-17 13:04 ` Joost Kremers
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From: Nordlöw @ 2009-09-17 12:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
space?
Thanks in advance,
Per Nordlöw
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2009-09-17 12:57 Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character Nordlöw
@ 2009-09-17 13:04 ` Joost Kremers
2009-09-18 8:17 ` Nordlöw
2009-09-17 13:05 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-09-17 13:05 ` Benjamin Andresen
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From: Joost Kremers @ 2009-09-17 13:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Nordlöw wrote:
> Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
> space?
(insert (make-string 5 ?\s))
see:
(info "(elisp) Creating Strings")
HTH
--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)
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* Re: Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character
2009-09-17 13:04 ` Joost Kremers
@ 2009-09-18 8:17 ` Nordlöw
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From: Nordlöw @ 2009-09-18 8:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Sep 17, 3:04 pm, Joost Kremers <joostkrem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Nordlöw wrote:
> > Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
> > space?
>
> (insert (make-string 5 ?\s))
>
> see:
>
> (info "(elisp) Creating Strings")
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Joost Kremers joostkrem...@yahoo.com
> Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
> EN:SiS(9)
Great!
Thanks,
Per Nordlöw
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* Re: Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character
2009-09-17 12:57 Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character Nordlöw
2009-09-17 13:04 ` Joost Kremers
@ 2009-09-17 13:05 ` Teemu Likonen
2009-09-17 13:05 ` Benjamin Andresen
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From: Teemu Likonen @ 2009-09-17 13:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
On 2009-09-17 05:57 (-0700), Nordlöw wrote:
> Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
> space?
Yes, use a numeric prefix argument: C-u <n> <character>
So, if n is 10 and character is "a" you could type:
C-u 10 a
M-1 0 a
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2009-09-17 12:57 Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character Nordlöw
2009-09-17 13:04 ` Joost Kremers
2009-09-17 13:05 ` Teemu Likonen
@ 2009-09-17 13:05 ` Benjamin Andresen
2009-10-12 3:43 ` David Combs
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From: Benjamin Andresen @ 2009-09-17 13:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
> space?
C-u 10 SPC
or
M-1 M-0 SPC
are ways to do that.
> Thanks in advance,
> Per Nordlöw
br,
benny
P.S. For those kind of questions. (Short and succinct) it's a good idea
to ask them in #emacs on irc.freenode.org, you'll mostly get help
instantaneous.
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